Conservation potential of abandoned military areas matches that of established reserves: plants and butterflies in the Czech Republic.

Military training generates frequent and irregular disturbance followed by succession, resulting in fine-scaled mosaics of ecological conditions in military training areas (MTAs). The awareness that MTAs may represent important biodiversity sanctuaries is increasing recently. Concurrently, changes i...

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Main Authors: Oldrich Cizek, Pavel Vrba, Jiri Benes, Zaboj Hrazsky, Jiri Koptik, Tomas Kucera, Pavel Marhoul, Jaroslav Zamecnik, Martin Konvicka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3541396?pdf=render